Jobs at Simply Business

The Finance Business Partner will support Shared Services by owning budgeting, forecasting, month-end close, cost-base performance, financial reporting, and finance transformation. The role partners with executive leaders across technology, engineering, data, and digital product, develops business cases for technology initiatives and supplier spend, oversees capital development and transfer pricing, and provides actionable financial insights to guide investment and operational decisions.

Leads the UK compliance function for a digital insurance company, developing regulatory strategy, Consumer Duty implementation, risk-based frameworks, governance, monitoring, and operational controls. Serves as the primary regulatory contact and SMF16/SMF17 holder while advising executives, the board, technology, product, finance, and commercial teams. The role manages compliance business partnering, monitoring, and governance teams and supports compliant innovation involving digital distribution, e-commerce, and algorithmic pricing.

Lead enterprise risk management across the business by developing risk strategy, identifying operational, financial, regulatory, and strategic risks, and advising senior leadership and the Board. Oversee risk reporting, team development, insurance program placement, insurer negotiations, and E&O claims. Build a forward-looking risk culture aligned with UK regulations, FCA requirements, and the needs of a regulated insurance business.

Analyze insurance product metrics, claims, and sales trends to support underwriting strategy. Build self-service data tools, prepare performance reports for capacity providers, calculate reserving and profit-share metrics, validate data with engineering teams, and present actionable insights to senior stakeholders. The role also involves coaching junior colleagues and collaborating with finance, data engineering, and external partners.

Own MGA portfolio risk and technical pricing analysis, maintaining statistical and machine-learning pricing models using Python, R, SQL, and specialized pricing tools. Identify market trends, recommend price adjustments, assess new product profitability, create underwriting dashboards, and communicate insights to business partners. The role also includes mentoring junior analysts and collaborating with underwriting and data science teams.

Lead process optimization across software delivery workflows, applying Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, and Theory of Constraints. Map workflows, identify bottlenecks, standardize and automate delivery tools, analyze throughput and lead-time metrics, and use Jira, BI platforms, Looker, and Tableau to communicate insights. Partner with Product and Engineering leaders, develop self-service tooling, train peers, and drive continuous improvement across Shared Services.